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•Exposition
•Rising action
•Climax
•Falling action
•Resolution
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Exposition
Climax
Resolution
Introduces:
~ characters
~ setting
1 or more
characters
in crisis
~ Point of highest emotion / tension
~ turning point
Resolution of
character’s crisis
All loose ends
tied up.
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Let’s take a look at
the elements of plot
with the story of
Cinderella!
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Once upon a time, in a
land far away, there
lived a girl named
Cinderella. She lived
with her evil step-
mother and two evil
step-sisters.
Exposition
Introduced:
~ characters – Cinderella, step-mother, and step-sisters
~ setting – (time) long ago, (place) land far away
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Everyday, the evil step-mother made Cinderella
work all day long and into the night.
One day, an invitation to a ball was sent to all the
young maidens of the kingdom, but the evil step-
mother would not allow Cinderella to go to the ball
and locked her in her room.
Cinderella thought all
hope was lost until her
fairy godmother appeared.
Dressed in a beautiful
gown and glass slippers,
Cinderella rushed off to
attend the ball.
1 or more characters
face a crisis.
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As the clock struck 12, Cinderella ran away as
fast as she could. Although Prince Charming
looked for her, all he found was a glass slipper.
The plot thickens…
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Climax
Cinderella held her breath as Prince
Charming gently slipped the glass
slipper onto her foot. Prince
Charming took Cinderella by the hand
and made her his bride.
~ Point of highest emotion or tension …
~ Turning point
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Cinderella went to live with
Prince Charming in the beautiful
castle on the hill.
Resolution of character’s crisis
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Resolution
Cinderella and Prince Charming
lived happily ever after.
All loose ends tied up.
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Choose a fairy tale you
remember from your
childhood days and diagram
the elements of the plot using
a diagram like the one in this
presentation.
Be prepared to share with the
class!